Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower 1882
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Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower 1882
Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) planifrons Flower 1882 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882: 392.
Type Locality: "found upon the sea-beach of Lewis Island in the Dampier Archipelago, north-western Australia." .
Vernacular Names: Southern Bottlenose Whale.
Synonyms: Hyperoodon (Frasercetus) burmeisterei Moreno 1895 .
Distribution: Southern hemisphere: circumpolar, antarctic to temperate waters, rarely into tropical waters. May occur in the W North Pacific.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd).
Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 b). Moore (1968) erected the subgenus Frasercetus for this species.
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